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Become a Site Director: Bring Food Rescue US to your community

Site Directors are the heart of a Food Rescue US site and are responsible for recruiting, onboarding, and managing key stakeholders and maintaining the rescue schedule.

Ideal site directors are individuals who are inspired to have a positive and lasting impact on their neighbors dealing with food insecurity while also having a positive impact on the environment.

Are we a good match?

The role of Site Director is a volunteer position that primarily involves creating and managing partnerships within the community.

People are a great fit when they:

Care deeply about the community
Believe in reducing food waste and hunger
Enjoy building relationships and solving problems
Want to be part of a national movement making local impact

As a Site Director, you will have the ability to make a difference.

New Site director Training

We offer a free New Site Director Training Program for all new Food Rescue US site directors.

This 90-day onboarding program breaks down the role of the site director into digestible pieces and ensures that all site directors part of the Food Rescue US network have all of the know-how, skills, and resources they need to develop a successful food rescue program following our organization's policies and procedures.

In this structured curriculum, a Food Rescue US coach meets with the new site leadership every two weeks and focuses on a module or building block of a standard Food Rescue US site. By the end of the 90 days, the new site director will have assembled a leadership team of 2-3 people, have a network of community advocates, food donors, social service agencies and volunteer rescuers, and have 3 - 5 recurring rescues scheduled and covered by volunteer rescuers.

If this sounds like a good match for you, please share some information about yourself and your interest in becoming a Site Director.

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Some FAQs About being a site director

What is food rescue?

Food rescue, also called food recovery, is the practice of collecting high-quality surplus food that would have otherwise gone to waste from restaurants, grocers, and other food establishments and distributing it to local social service agencies.
Food rescue is extremely effective because it simultaneously gets food to those who need it most and reduces food waste, minimizing the amount of toxic emissions from food waste in landfills.

How does Food Rescue US work?

Through the use of our web-based app, Food Rescue US has developed a simple solution to connect the vast amount of healthy, usable surplus food with the critical hunger demand.
Once a match is made with a food donation opportunity and a social service agency, a volunteer rescuer self-schedules to pick up the food from the donor and delivers it directly to the local social service agency serving the community.

Who rescues the food?

Site Directors recruit and manage a volunteer network to cover the daily food rescue schedule and keep the volunteers engaged in the organization’s mission through emails and events. You may be the first rescuer, which will give you hands-on experience to help grow your network.
Site Directors are responsible for ensuring that the rescue schedule is covered, and commitments made to food donors and social service agencies are fulfilled.

What will I be responsible for?

Uncovering excess food opportunities in your community and matching them with local social service agencies that support those impacted by food insecurity
Recruiting and managing a network of local volunteers
Establishing and growing relationships with food donors, including determining the best days and times to rescue their excess food
Building relationships with social service agencies and supporting their food needs
Creating and maintaining a digital food rescue schedule on the Food Rescue US app
Representing Food Rescue US positively in your community

What Support does Food Rescue US provide?

Food Rescue US provides critical infrastructure that allows local teams to stay focused on impact. This includes:

501(c)(3) nonprofit status and charitable registration
Annual audit and financial reporting
Comprehensive insurance coverage
Web-based app for operations
Volunteer onboarding and training
CRM and data management
Templated marketing tools and digital assets

These services help ensure that all Food Rescue US sites, regardless of size or resources, benefit from a national backbone that powers local success.

Fairfield County Co-Site Director Karen Saggese

“I find that our app makes everything so much easier, from posting a rescue to matching it with a food receiving agency all the way to having volunteers sign up.”

Ellen Bowen

Site Director, Food Rescue US - South Florida

Have more questions?

see our faq page